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Bluegrass Region - Kentucky: Senior Housing Communities

The Bluegrass region is a region of the United States, mostly in northern Kentucky, containing a majority of the state's population. The region is centered on Lexington, Kentucky, with other major metropolitan areas including, Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio and extends into southern Ohio. The region gets its name from bluegrass, the common name for grass of the genus Poa, which is a favored lawn and pasture grass in the eastern United States from Tennessee northward.